By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN What is the leadership balance between feeling compassion for staff who have been through so much with professional expectations? This was a question that a critical care director recently asked me. Her staff, she explained, is understandably burned out as an outcome caring for so many COVID-19 patients. They feel a collective … [Read more...]
Staying in Our Circle of Influence
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN How do you coach nurses who are very scared and stressed? This was a question that I was asked this past week during a virtual coaching workshop. It is a challenge that many leaders are confronting in their settings. There are so many unknown unknowns with COVID-19 that it is difficult to provide staff the certainty in answers they … [Read more...]
Studying the Impact of COVID-19 on the Nursing Profession
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When the COVID-19 Pandemic finally ends, we need to take a very close look at what the impact has been on the nursing profession. Many questions will be important to study at a national level. But here is the sad, cold, hard truth. This research probably will … [Read more...]
What Would Florence Think?
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Tomorrow marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale. It is interesting to speculate on how Florence would react to the global response to COVID-19. The museum dedicated to her is in St. Thomas hospital, now on the … [Read more...]
Showing Gratitude During Nurses Week
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN So far, 2020 is turning out to be a very different kind of year. Nurses Week, traditionally a high point of recognition is muted with many facilities postponing or modifying activities due to COVID-19. We all understand that it is not business as … [Read more...]
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